It was like a mime was being performed in the room. The sound of the old monk putting down the water cup could not be heard. The man outside the window had a puzzled look on his face. He was probably wondering if he was looking in the wrong place.
Qingyan used her consciousness to look around the wing to see if there were any guards or secret guards. After all, the middle-aged man didn't look like an ordinary person.
In the end, she did find two, one of whom was on the surface, standing outside the door, with a long knife slung around his waist, and his hand was always on the handle of the knife, always vigilant.
In addition to this guard, there is also one hidden in a big tree not far outside the wing. Although there is no weapon in his hand, there is a wide cloth belt around his waist, with a row of willow leaf flying knives hidden on it. It seems that he is good at concealed weapons.
Qingyan told Chou Chou about the situation here, and Chou Chou used his consciousness to stare at the lady and the two fake monks, and also looked here.
Then he said to Qingyan: "Both of them have a token in their arms, with the character Li in seal script engraved on it."
"Li? Are you from Li Hao's family?" Qingyan guessed.
Chou Chou: "You should know his family. There are so many people named Li. Don't forget that the king of Xixia is also named Li."
Qingyan memorized history silently in her heart. In 881, Li Sigong was appointed as the military commander of the Dingnan Army. The Li family's regime lasted for a total of 346 years.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Li Sigong, the leader of the Xiang Tuoba Party, was awarded the title of Envoy of the Dingnan Army and granted the title of five states for his contribution to quelling Huang Chao.
Dangxiang successively submitted to the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty. After the five states were annexed by the Northern Song Dynasty, Li Jiqian left to start his own business. In 990, he was granted the title of King of Xia by the Liao Dynasty and successively occupied the states in the Hexi Corridor. In 1038, Li Yuanhao proclaimed himself emperor and founded the country...
"Well, I almost forgot that Xixia also has the surname Li. So is this person from the Xixia royal family?"
Since the Song Dynasty was established in advance, the process in Xixia may also be advanced.
If the person in the wing is the Xixia royal family and the abbot personally receives them, then there is probably something wrong with the temple.
In fact, it can be seen from the fact that Aunt Chen and the others chose this place to deliver the news. It is very likely that this is one of their strongholds.
At first she thought it was because they happened to meet this temple fair that they chose this place. The housewife could go out and get by easily when there were many people.
I never thought it would be possible. This temple belongs to other people.
If this was the case, then the man who just met her outside was not necessarily an enemy. He should have come to monitor the two people inside.
One is suspected to be a member of the royal family of Xixia Kingdom, and the other is the abbot of Qingyuan Temple. He is suspected to be an undercover agent here. The man eavesdropping outside is very likely to be one of our own personnel.
Qingyan was originally watching and guarding him, but now she might want to help him.
Even if you don't know who the other party is, if it's the prefect or someone from Li Shoubei, you can actually pass on what you heard before to him, and then pass it on to his superior through him. It might be more useful than telling it to Li Hanqin.
After all, he has not yet gone to the front line. It is not certain whether he will be able to contact the generals who take this matter seriously. Moreover, these people are active here, and they are not necessarily concerned with matters over there. What if there is something here? Plots and tricks, and wasting time.
Of course, it's okay to tell him. At most, even if he leaves, he can let General Li continue to investigate the matter. It's hard to say where else. Qinzhou is his territory, and he can always find something. .
The two people in the room were still playing chess seriously, with only the occasional sound of black and white chess pieces falling, and no conversation at all.
There was no impatient look on the face of the man squatting outside. He must have been used to doing this kind of thing.
But soon the guard in front did not continue to stand at the door, but began to move.
First, he walked towards the left, as if on patrol. Qingyan saw that he quickly turned to the side of the wing. If he continued to walk forward, he would soon be able to reach the back, and it would be easy to find someone squatting behind him. The living person.
The guard was very cautious and walked without making any sound. The man under the window didn't notice anything and was still listening there.
If their identity is really what Qingyan thinks, then once this person is discovered, no matter whether he heard anything or not, he will definitely be silenced.
"Chou Chou, think of a way to remind him. If it's someone from our side, we've done a good deed."
Chou Chou nodded and used his consciousness to control a small stone and hit the opponent directly.
The man's back was suddenly hit by a pebble, and he felt a jolt of pain and was startled.
He looked back and around, then jumped up without hesitation and ran directly to the other side, hiding in the gap between the last wing and the main wall of the temple.
He suspected that he had been discovered. If he moved first, he would still have room to escape. When he heard the footsteps speeding up on the other side, he knew that he had misunderstood. Someone should have reminded him at that moment.
He lowered his body and held his breath, trying not to make any sound.
And just as he got in, the guard also ran behind.
As soon as he heard the noise, he quickly rushed over from the side, but found that there was no one behind him and there were no traces on the ground.
However, he did not relax his vigilance. He took out the knife and held it in his hand, and walked forward. When the ground was still clean, he turned around and walked back.
There are only three rooms in the last row, and they should all belong to the abbot. One is a quiet room for meditation, one is a bedroom, and the other is the reception room that is currently used.
The reception room is on the far left, next to the small courtyard that receives pilgrims. There is a gap between which only one person can pass.
The gap that the man got through was on the other side, between the bedroom and the courtyard wall. This gap was very narrow and could only allow one person to enter sideways.
Since he wanted to help, Chou Chou carefully wiped away the footprints on the ground with his spiritual consciousness, so even if the man was suspicious and saw no footprints on the ground, he did not chase him in that direction, but just stayed on the side. After a while, he listened to the noise and then turned back to the front.
The man in the gap slightly poked his head out at this time, just in time to see the back of the guard turning around, he quickly retracted his head, breathed a long sigh of relief, and then became vigilant again.
With difficulty, he reached out and touched his back. The stone hit him was quite painful, so he couldn't have felt wrong. Sure enough, he was not discovered by someone inside, but someone was secretly reminding him.
The man whispered a thank you to the sky, and then drilled in along the gap. He did not drill to the front, but reached the middle and climbed out of the wall.
Qingyan praised him in her heart. Fortunately, he didn't go to the front. If he got through here, he would be seen by the guard who just returned to the front.
Because the guard walked to the right uneasy, wanting to see if anyone was hiding here. After climbing over the wall and going out, the guard also walked to the gap. At this time, there was no one inside, so he felt relieved. Return to the original position and continue to guard the goal.
The place where the man climbed over the wall happened to be on the side of the wing, so the wall was shorter than the house. The secret guard in the tree did not notice him, so he could be said to have escaped.
Qingyan's consciousness followed the man. After leaving the temple, she headed towards the temple fair in front and quickly got close to the crowd.
Then we walked around for a while, then entered the temple through the side door, went to the back, and returned to one of the courtyards.
The small courtyard of the fasting room at the back is divided into two sides. The row on the left is for female pilgrims, and the row on the right is for male pilgrims. There is a small garden in the middle, so the two sides do not disturb each other.
The monks live in staggered rows, and the abbot's three rooms are at the end, right next to the courtyard where the men live.
After the man came in from the front, he returned to the yard where he jumped out before.
It was the courtyard where she met Qingyan. Qingyan had been busy following him with her spiritual consciousness, and she really forgot to check if there was anyone else in the courtyard where he came out.
His consciousness followed him into the courtyard, and then into the room. There were also two people sitting inside, one was dressed as a scholar and looked to be in his thirties, and the other was an old man with gray hair.
Qingyan was shocked when she saw the old man's face. That man turned out to be Deputy General Wang Linyan!
Chou Chou told her before that Vice Admiral Wang was much older than before, but she didn't have consciousness at that time, so she didn't see it.
When they passed Qingfeng Town again, she had some consciousness, but Vice General Wang had already left at that time. Now that she saw her, it was as Chou Chou said, much older than before.
When we met him before, he looked like he was in the prime of life. Now there are many ridges on his face and his hair has turned gray. He has suddenly aged more than ten years. In this era, he is considered to be old.
Since this person is a subordinate of Vice General Wang, he is also a subordinate of General Li. It seems that the Li family's control over Qinzhou City is still in place, and they have not allowed these people to toss around under their noses without realizing it. , still aware of it.
That being the case, that's easy to say.
Qingyan shouldn't know Vice General Wang now, but Xue Huan'er and Li Hanyun must know each other. This is their grandfather's confidant. He must often come in and out of the garrison. It is impossible for the Li family not to know him.
etc! Li Hanyun said before that the one who can speak several languages seems to be Lieutenant General Lin. If she tells the Tibetan dialect to Lieutenant General Wang, he doesn't know if he can understand it.
Of course, you don't have to tell them what you said. You only need to tell Li Hanyun what's suspicious about those three people. It's suspicious enough that a woman from the back house meets a monk and speaks in Tubo dialect.
They will definitely investigate. As long as these people have problems, they are not afraid that they will not be able to find out.
Whether it's following someone, or simply arresting someone for interrogation, you can always get some information.
Then she told them everything about the abbot and the scar-faced Western Xia royal family. That would be enough.
Thinking of this, Qingyan ran back from the back and got to the front when she got to their yard.
As soon as they entered the yard, they saw Xue Huan'er, Wang Qingyue and Li Muxue who were about to go out. They immediately greeted her when they saw her.
Xue Huan'er took her hand and looked at it first before saying: "Where did you go? Now you went to the hut. We waited for a while but no one came back. We asked people to look for it. They said the back was empty. We thought you were there." He was kidnapped."
Qingyan scratched her head in embarrassment, hugged Xue Huan'er's arm and said to them: "No, I heard a sound from behind, thought it was some young person, so I chased him out, and chased him all the way to the monk's house to confirm I came back after everything was fine. I didn't tell you in advance and made you worry. It's all my fault."
As he spoke, he quietly winked at Xue Huan'er.
Xue Huan'er was not slow in thinking and immediately understood what was going on.
After all, my husband's family is from the military, so he still has some sensitivity to some things.
Knowing that there was an outsider, Heng Yue couldn't say it directly, so he followed her strength and returned to the house.
Qingyan apologized to Mrs. Wang again, which indeed made them worried.
Xue Huan'er asked the remaining maid to find the others, saying that Miss Yang was back and there was no need to look for her anymore.
After sending the maid away, she directly pulled Qingyan to sit down. Mrs. Wang happened to be a little sleepy, so Wang Qingyue helped her go to the house to rest.
The servants were all gone, so she had to go in and take care of her mother.
After sending Li Muxue in to take a nap, Xue Huaner directly pulled Qingyan to the yard and asked in a low voice what was going on.
Qingyan looked around with her consciousness, and then said to her: "After I chased him out, I found it was a man, so I continued to chase him, but the man didn't find me and stopped in the third yard. , and then turned in.
I followed them in, and then I heard the voices of a man and a woman. They were speaking Tubo dialect, which I couldn’t understand, so I waited outside. Guess what?
Then a young monk came out, but the monk didn’t have a ring scar, and I didn’t know whether he was a real monk or a fake monk.
Then another woman came out. I think I had seen her at the prefect's banquet. She was ordinary-looking and very tall. "
Xue Huan'er knew who it was as soon as she heard it, "That's Mrs. Chen, the wife of the prison general. When I saw her for the first time, I thought she was a man when I looked at her back."
"Yes, yes, I thought she was a man disguised as a woman at first, but later I saw that she had no Adam's apple and her facial features were quite soft, so I didn't admit my mistake.
After that, I followed the monk to see who he was, and then I found out that he knew the abbot of Qingyuan Temple and should be related to the abbot.
Also, I peeked into the abbot's house. There was a man with a scar on his face. He looked like he was in a high position. There were also secret guards around him. If I hadn't been good at martial arts, I would have been hidden by that man. The secret guard in the tree discovered it.
I also helped someone who was also eavesdropping. I didn’t know if he was an enemy. Later, I followed him back to a courtyard near the male pilgrims. I heard him calling Deputy General Wang in the room. I didn’t know if he was from our side or the enemy. square……"
Xue Huan'er pondered for a while and then said: "My husband's grandfather has a deputy general Wang, but I don't know if it is him. I think the other people you mentioned have some problems. This Qingyuan Temple may be a den of thieves.
In this way, I will ask the fifth brother to go there and have a look. He is familiar with Deputy General Wang. If so, he can get some relief. Even if he is not, no one will suspect him if he goes there as a man. "(End of chapter)
